The Affordable Care Act demonstrates an affirmative, proactive step from government for women’s access to reproductive health care, but conservatives are bent on moving backwards. Contraception should be understood as a fundamental right of American women and a necessary foundation of human security. If that seems controversial, consider this: 99 percent of American women approve of birth […]

New evidence shows more young women are using emergency contraception, but we still have work to do to reduce all barriers. A federal study released recently shows that use of emergency contraception (EC) in the United States, known colloquially as the “morning after” pill, has more than doubled in the past decade. This is good […]

The president didn’t just lay out specific policies that will benefit women. He also shifted the theory of how government can help them. The State of the Union address is inherently a political exercise, intended to chart a course for governing but also to let important constituencies know that they are heard and valued. On […]

We are American women with careers long devoted to women’s health who have been watching this election for many months, and we are not easily fooled. Mitt Romney has asked us to give him a second chance. He now blithely asks us to forget his past pledges to “get rid of” Planned Parenthood, to eliminate […]

November 4, 2012

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